• Song:

    Nevermind (what Was It Anyway)

  • Artist:

    Sonic Youth

  • Album:

    NYC Ghosts & Flowers

TUNINGS:

Thurston: FGCFAF#
Lee: DFCDFF
Kim: DADABB

KIM:

B--------------------------
B--------------------------
A-8-8--8-8--8--8-8---------
D-7-7--7-7--7--7-7---------
A-0-0--0-0--0--0-0--8-8-8--
D-0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0--

"boys go to jupiter...":

B--5--7--10---5--7--14-14-14--
B--5--7--10---5--7--14-14-14--
A-----------------------------
D-----------------------------
A-----------------------------
D-----------------------------

throw in some open D notes if you want..

outro section:

B------
B------
A------
D--10--
A---0-- strum in same basic riff as intro
D---0--

then return to the intro/verse riff, then back to the above riff, then
rotate between the two...

LEE:

Lee just does Moogerfooger ring modulator noise during the verse...

"soot me over":

F-----------------------
F-------11---------11b--
D----------------------- X 2
C--(b9)11-------(b9)11------
F-----------------------
D-----------------------

"boys go to jupiter":

F---------------------------------------------------------------
F---------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------
C---------------------------------------------------------------
F---------------------------------------------------------------
D--10-10--10-10-10-10-(b9)(b9)-(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)-5-7--7-7-7-7--5-7--7-7-7-7--

lead riff coming in at 2:38:

F----------------------------------------------------------
F----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
C-----12-14-14-12-14--------12-14-16-16-16-14--
F----------------------------------------------------------
D--0-------------------------------------------------------

etc variations on that riff

3:00 --

F--16--18--1(b9)- 
F--16--18--1(b9)- TREM PICK NOTES FURIOUSLY
D--------------
C--------------
F--------------
D--------------

"come on down":

F-----
F-----
D-----
C-----
F--4--
D--0-- drop w/ bar / return to ring mod noise

then he does some quick trills:

F--12^11^12^11^12^11^12-- repeat...  ------------------------
F------------------------            ------------------------
D------------------------            ------------------------
C------------------------ sometimes: --12^11^12^11^12^11^12--
F------------------------            ------------------------
D------------------------            ------------------------

etc etc ... keep playing rapid little trills til end...

THURSTON:

^ = hammer-on/pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide

F#-------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------7b-----------------------------------11----11-----
F--7^(b9)--------7^(b9)-----------7^(b9)(b9)9	b-(b9)(b9)-------11----12b---11--
C--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
F--------------------------------------------------------------------

F#------------------------------------------
A----------7-----------------7--------------
F------7^(b9)--(b9)7-9b------7^(b9)--(b9)7-9br-7---- repeat w/ variations
C--7^(b9)--------------7^(b9)----------------(b9)-
G-------------------------------------------
F-------------------------------------------

keep jammin' around those notes...

F#---7---7-----7---7----
A--7---7---7-----7------
F------------8-------8-- etc during verse
C-----------------------  
G-----------------------
F-----------------------

then back to soloing in same key...

then:

F#----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
F----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------------------
C--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-- etc
G-----------------------------------------------------------
F-----------------------------------------------------------

and back to main verse/solo riffage...

2:02 --

F#--------
A--------- 
F--------- 
C--------- X 4
G---------
F---0-----


"boys go to jupiter..":

F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
F----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------
F-1(b9)1(b9)-1(b9)1(b9)1(b9)1(b9)-18-18--18-18-18-18--14-16--16-16-16-16--14-16-16-16-16-

during the outro he plays a very specific riff that's sorta tough to
figure out, but this is fairly close:
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